Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Exit Level TAKS or TAAS Retesting

Attention: Spring Branch ISD Exit Level TAKS and TAAS Out-of-School Examinees

Individuals who are no longer enrolled in school and who have not previously passed all sections of the state-mandated Exit Level TAKS or TAAS high school test will have an opportunity to retake the section(s) on the following dates:

TAKS Dates
  • March 3 ELA
  • March 4 Math
  • March 5 Science
  • March 6 Social Studies
TAAS Dates
  • March 3 TAKS-Writing 
  • March 4 TAKS-Math 
  • March 5 TAKS-Reading

Out of school testers will test at their home campus, out of district testers will test at Westchester Academy, 901 Yorkchester, Houston, TX. Picture I.D. will be required at the time of testing.

For further information, please call 713-251-2276.

The Bookworm Festival - Feb. 8

THIS IS A FREE EVENT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Librarians of greater Houston, in conjunction with Spring Branch ISD and Blue Willow Bookshop, present the Bookworm Festival for emerging readers and their parents on Saturday, February 8, 2014.

The goal of this festival is to connect emerging readers with authors fostering a passion for reading.

The keynote speaker will be Judith Viorst, author of the beloved "ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD VERY BAD DAY", and the new "LULU" series of early chapter books. Viorst will be joined by the following authors: Bob Shea, Gwyndolyn Zepeda, Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri and Harper Paris.

Event Flyer (ENGLISH/SPANISH) >> .pdf 

Visit the Bookworm website for information and resources on the authors.

Festival Location: Pine Shadows Elementary, 9900 Neuens Rd, Houston, TX 77080
Festival Hours: 9:30 – 11:30am. Doors will open at 9:15am.
NO ADMISSION FEE - FREE EVENT

For more information, visit http://bookwormbookfest.com/index.html

Map to Pine Shadow Elementary
By: JoAnn Conlon, Director of Innovative Resource Media Systems